Le Driant

1. Introduction Parenting stress is a psychological state of tension in response to the demands of raising a child. Both child and parent factors can generate parental stress (Abidin, 1983). The announcement of a diagnosis of deafness in a child is a major source of stress for parents who, in 90% of cases, are hearing and inexperienced in deafness matters (Mitchell and Karchmer, 2004). Hearing parents of deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) children have to face multiple challenges.

Introduction Defined by the World Health Organization as a live birth occurring before 37 completed gestational weeks (GW), preterm birth accounted for 13.4 million births annually worldwide in 2020, or approximately 10% of births in the world (World Health Organization, 2023). Prematurity is a real public health issue on a global scale (Ryan and Dogbey, 2015).